Sunday, November 7 marks the culmination of the tremendous work undertaken by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz to make the Talmud more accessible to more people. The completion of the Steinsaltz edition of the Talmud – 45 volumes translated over nearly 50 years – will be celebrated through a variety of global and local events. Local communities [...]
Open Learning and Social Media [By Caren Levine. Originally published in HaYidion by RAVSAK, Spring 2010] Social media and web 2.0 resources can facilitate the ways in which we create and share educational resources and collaborate. There is a developing trend towards a new openness in learning regarding access to people, content, and other resources. [...]
Below is a copy of my response to the Book-jed conversation on Brian Amkraut’s chapter in What We Now Know About Jewish Education, “Jewish Education in the World of Web 2.0.” The book is a winner of the 2008 National Jewish Book Award in the area of Education and Jewish Identity. Congratulations to Roberta Louis [...]
According to the latest Pew report, A Typology of Information and Communication Technology Users: Fully 85% of American adults use the internet or cell phones – and most use both. Many also have broadband connections, digital cameras and video game systems. Yet the proportion of adults who exploit the connectivity, the capacity for self expression, [...]
Interested in how Jewish teens are using technology to explore their lives? Take a look at the March 30, 2007 supplement, Fresh Ink for Teens: In Your Facebook, published by the New York Jewish Week. This issue includes several articles by teens on their experiences with technology-based communications. On another end of the age scale, [...]
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